Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2025 · Assigned by intel

CVE-2024-28956

Medium 5.6

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Intel(R) Processors. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 37% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.6Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Exposure of Sensitive Information in Shared Microarchitectural Structures during Transient Execution for some Intel(R) Processors may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable information disclosure via local access.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:10kernel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-64k-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-cross-headers6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-debug-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-devel-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
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AlmaLinux:10kernel-headers6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-modules-extra-matched6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-rt-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-tools-libs-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-uki-virt-addons6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-devel6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
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AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10libperf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:8microcode_ctl4:20250512-1.el8_10ALSA-2025:10991
AlmaLinux:10perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10python3-perf6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10rtla6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
AlmaLinux:10rv6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1ALSA-2025:20095
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:13962
Alpine:v3.20intel-ucode20250512-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.21intel-ucode20250512-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.22intel-ucode20250512-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.23intel-ucode20250512-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.24intel-ucode20250512-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.20xen4.18.5-r0ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.21xen4.19.2-r1ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.22xen4.20.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.23xen4.20.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Alpine:v3.24xen4.20.0-r1ALPINE-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:12intel-microcode3.20250512.1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:12intel-microcode3.20250512.1~deb12u1DSA-5924-1
Debian:13intel-microcode3.20250512.1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:14intel-microcode3.20250512.1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:12linux6.1.140-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:12linux6.1.140-1DSA-5925-1
Debian:13linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:14linux6.12.29-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:12xen4.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1DSA-6068-1
Debian:12xen4.17.5+72-g01140da4e8-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:13xen4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Debian:13xen4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-0+deb13u1DSA-6068-1
Debian:14xen4.20.2+7-g1badcf5035-1DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28956
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1RLSA-2025:20095
Rocky Linux:8microcode_ctl4:20250512-1.el8_10RLSA-2025:10991
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20250512.0ubuntu0.22.04.1USN-7535-1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20250512.0ubuntu0.22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20250512.0ubuntu0.24.04.1USN-7535-1
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20250512.0ubuntu0.24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:25.10intel-microcode3.20250512.1ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSintel-microcode3.20250512.1ubuntu1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-144.157UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-100.100UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1088.95UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1094.103UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1046.52UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28956

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a Intel(R) Processors See references

Weakness: CWE-1421 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

References